i’ve been featured on On The Cusp – an online magazine/blog that showcases people working in the creative arts. a couple months ago they came to my office and filmed an interview with me! so here it is! check out On The Cusp for more videos!

Refinery 29 featured the Mr. Kate Decay Starburst Earrings as a great way to spruce up leggings! we like to pair them with anything and everything! shop them on Nasty Gal or here!

shop the special Valentine’s Day sale items here!

the DIY T-Shirt Scarf was a big hit with all of you so i wanted to make a new video featuring all of the photos you talented people emailed, commented and tweeted to me! thank you so much for watching and doing!

thank you to Celly D, gurlwithacurl.tumblr, heycouture, Jenny Wallen Koenig, Christina and Delilah, ShannonTey and Heidi for the photos of your creations and to all of you for enthusiastic comments!

and just in case you missed the steps or want to make another one, here are they are again…

What You Need:

• t-shirt – the larger and wider the t-shirt, the longer and chunkier your scarf will be.
• scissors
• decoration elements: leather, ribbon, broken jewelry, buttons, beads, etc. get creative!
• hot glue gun

Do It!

1. cut your t-shirt from armpit to armpit lengthwise and dispose of the top part of your t-shirt (the part with the sleeves).
2. take your tube (the body part of the t-shirt) and cut the bottom hem off so you’re left with a tube that has two un-hemmed edges.
3. cut 3/4″ to 1″ wide strips from one looped end to the other, leaving around 1″ uncut at the top  - watch the video for this step to see the visual.
4. once you have all your strips cut pull on each length to stretch them out and get them to curl.
5. gather all of your strips together at the un-cut section so you have them all together in a loop – it should look like a looped scarf at this point.
6. cover up your uncut section using whatever you want: a piece of leather, ribbon, another piece of t-shirt, etc.
7. add some snazz to your leather or ribbon by hot-gluing on some jewelry, beads, chain, buttons, etc.
8. optional step: cut three strips and braid them together and then tie them back into the scarf so you have one braided length

voila! wear it long or double it. fun fun fun!!!

the gorgeous Alexandra Spencer of 4th and Bleeker blog wrote an entry for Harper’s Bazaar accompanied by a photo of her wearing her Mr. Kate Nut and Bolt Earrings. sweet! shop them here!

photo via 4th and Bleeker

the time has come the walrus said… and we’re so sad to see them go! select Mr. Kate jewelry pieces are on sale NOW! sale ends 1/31/12 so hurry and snag them before they’re all gone! shop now!

totally honored! i love Jaime King and her sense of style and i’m truly flattered she likes Mr. Kate! Jaime has the Decay Starburst Earrings and the Worm Cuff in her personal collection, and of course, looks great in them! check out pics of Jaime in her Starburst earrings here!

read the full interview from Racked LA here! she also talks about her love of the Goodwill…which is raaad!

as i teased here, Haylie and i got together at Sophia Rossi’s (HelloGiggles.com co-honcho) house and did our first ever UStream! for those of you that don’t know what UStream is, it’s a site where you do live streaming Q&A videos!

above is the video that we recorded live this past Monday for HelloGiggles.com. we answer some Holiday-related questions and Haylie makes a vegan egg nog! hopefully we’ll do more in the future! it’s so fun to answer your questions. you can always ask me them here as well, in comments, and i’ll do my very best to reply!

i’m very excited to be doing my very first live UStream Q&A session with my friend Haylie Duff later this evening at 6PM Pacific time (9PM Eastern)! please watch via the link below and log in or sign up with UStream to ask us any holiday cooking, decorating, styling, and DIYing questions! we will be answering them live via webcam! woooot!

“Join Haylie Duff from Real Girl’s Kitchen (@HaylieK) and Kate Albrecht from Mr. Kate (@mrkatedotcom) for a Q&A on everything Holiday related for your home and kitchen! Haylie is an expert on anything yummy for your tummy and Mr. Kate can give you tips on DIY decor and gifts!

Have fun with us tonight (Monday) from 6pm PST/9pmEST right here or live on the HelloGiggles UStream channel!

P.S. Log in early to get a free UStream account and join the chatroom live!”

hellllo!? can we say ADORBS!? creative and talented Mr. Kate reader Kelly Boudreau emailed me about these fantastic DIY elephant bookends she made – inspired by the painted elephants i made for Nate Berkus!

Kelly simply spray painted two plastic elephants with gold paint and glued them to two ‘L’ shaped pieces of wood for the book end part. i think they look so so fun and are a great DIY or a holiday gift as well!

great job Kelly! check out the full DIY post on Kelly’s cute blog here.